Alliteration is repetition of the same letter at the being of a word in a sentence.
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What is personification?
Personification is the attribution of a personal nature's characteristics to something non-human or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is a extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
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What is figurative language?
It is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from a literal interpretation.
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What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is comparing two things NOT using like or as.
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What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is a formation of a word from a sound associated with its name.
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What sentence uses personification?
A. Her life passed her by.
B. Dogs are cute.
C. The snow was white.
D. I love cupcakes.
A is the correct answer.
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Which sentence uses a hyperbole?
A. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
B. The sheep's wool was fuzzy.
C. My friend's a eagle.
D. He was a baseball player.
The correct answer is A, because it exaggerates a point.
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How or why do we use figurative language?
We use it to show detail (create a picture in mind), for emphasis, and to go beyond our writing.
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What sentence is a simile?
A. The wind was loud.
B. He was as silly as a clown
C. Time is money.
D. Her home was a prison.
~EXAMPLES~
-The flowers waltzed in a gentle breeze.
-The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky.
-The wind sang through the meadow.
-The wind howled its mighty objection.
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Give an example of a hyperbole.
~EXAMPLES~
-It was so cold, polar bears were wearing jackets.
-I had a ton of homework.
-He is as skinny as a toothpick.
-She is older than the hills.
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Give an example of a literal to figurative language meaning.
~EXAMPLE~
-The line was short. (literal)
-The line was like an ant. (figurative)
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Which sentence is a metaphor?
A. The trees are tall.
B. It was very cold.
C. My teacher is a dragon.
D. Homework is hard.
C is the correct answer because it compares to something like a dragon, but DID NOT use like or as.
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Give examples of alliteration.
(could vary)
- Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers.
- She sells seashells by the sea shore.
- Lazy lizards like lumps.
- Garry gathered the garbage.
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True or false. Personification describes things using like or as.
False.
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Does a hyperbole compare two things?
No.
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She was sly as a fox.
The winds whipping wildly.
(metaphor, simile, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification)
Simile.
Alliteration.
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What is true about metaphors?
A. They use like and as.
B. They describe things.
C. They compare things with-
out using like or as.
C is the correct answer.
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True or false. Alliteration is repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word in a sentence.
True.
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Is " The sun is smiling." , an example of personification?